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Been a little busy watching my PhD turn into a masters due to a variety of horrible reasons, sorry. Will get things moving again soon.

Aaaaaand ka-POST! Profuse apologies for the delay. Things have been *weird* this weekend.

@Chaka The boy's eyes bulge slightly at the promise of what might well be two month's pocket money in one day. He recites the instructions back to make sure he's got it right, then off he runs. From what you remember of the city's layout you'd say he'll have delivered the lot of them within a...

Posts later today folks, was a bit busy trying to re-register for whatever farce my PhD turned into while I was on sick leave. Honestly, it's like they've no record of me being either a student or an employee there since 2010, bloody hell.

@Chaka "Oh, ah, sure, let me get that tea for you first and then I'll get one of the boys to sort you out with the letters. He knows the city well, he'll have no trouble finding your people." She disappears into the steam of the kitchen, and you can vaguely hear her calling for her son before...

@Esbilon By this time you've reached the parts of the city that grew up outside the walls, a few inns, stores and houses enjoying a little extra space and a view beyond the 60 foot walls.. "Is that so? Well, if our gods sent you those dreams, I can safely say you won't go too far wrong if you...

No worries, it's all good.

@Chaka A quick inquiry with the innkeeper reveals that she's already served the last of their hot food for the morning, but her cousin's wife runs an excellent teahouse three streets down, been in the family 7 generations, all produce sourced by extended family in fishing, hunting and farming...

@Cthulhu_Wakes Korriga is about to speak, but instead turns to two small boxes beside him, one labelled "venison jerky", the other covered in what looks a lot like Old Realm script and warding signs and "ALCHEMICAL TRIAL 13" in big letters. After a quick count of the contents, he sighs heavily...

"those dice are cocked."

I refuse to apologise for the gratuitous Archer references. I'll be restoring balance at some point with references to something more wholesome, like Darkest Dungeon. Incidentally, Serpent In The Staglands is a fascinating little RPG going cheap on Steam I may be borrowing from. It is a...

@Cthulhu_Wakes The man named Korriga rubs his hands excitedly. "The more the merrier! Here, have some venison jerky. I litera- figuratively scoured Creation for the herbs and spices, I guarantee you'll forget the hangover after a few bites." The man you decided to name Horatio Assblower...

Welp, I'm running Archer meets Exalted I guess.

@Cthulhu_Wakes "asdfgl" The man grabs the canteen on the second try, draining what's left and patting the bottom in the hopes there's even just one more drop clinging to the inside. When he speaks his hoarse voice reminds you there *may* have been an incredibly offensive singalong at the last...

@Esbilon "Business as usual, more or less. I mean, the mountain passes only freed up in the last month, so there's more Outwallers and traders from other greenfields. And a lot of us are looking to get rid of perishables like those apples, before the warm rots 'em. I suppose that's normal...

@Cthulhu_Wakes One of the Oxen grunts, as if to agree with your assessment, and punctuates its statement by slowly, solemnly defecating on the road as it plods along. The drover swears loudly as he realises he wasn't watching his step, raises his stick, and lowers it again when the ox gives...

@Esbilon The Greenfield of Icehome is an impressive sight once the mountains reveal it, even in the harsh early spring there is more agriculture to be seen here than most of the North in summer. The weather has been mild (relatively speaking) in the last day or two, and the sun breaks out of...

And we're off. It's good to be writing again. Well, *I* think so. My players may not.

Thread's up: https://www.rpnation.com/threads/cold-blood-ex3-game-thread.342379/ Choose how you arrive in Icehome, and I'll start attempting to subtly herd everyone towards the plot. And if that fails, I'll just fling plot at you. Either way, there'll probably be some jokes and gratuitous...